Savingly


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I therefore diverted the present discourse between me and my man, rising up hastily, as upon some sudden occasion of going out; then sending him for something a good way off, I seriously prayed to God that He would enable me to instruct savingly this poor savage; assisting, by His Spirit, the heart of the poor ignorant creature to receive the light of the knowledge of God in Christ, reconciling him to Himself, and would guide me so to speak to him from the Word of God that his conscience might be convinced, his eyes opened, and his soul saved.
It comprises all believers who are "savingly related to Christ." (5) Theologically, it includes "the whole body of those who through the death of Christ have been savingly reconciled to God and have received new life.
This regeneration by and through Christ enlightened the minds of the elect, enabling them "spiritually, and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them an heart of flesh ...," (37)